Monday, June 9, 2008

Flip: Missing Images

Over at Cartoon Brew there's a link to guy who is selling repros of the 30's Saffield Flip the Frog Coloring Book. It might be of interest to know that this one differs somewhat from my copy and appears to be missing a number of images. I certainly sympathize with the nerve racking experience of scanning this fragile piece! Sadly, some images were colored in black crayon by some precocious depression era urchin and do not appear in the 'Your Movie Star' version. These may be lost for good. Here are a couple of examples:

4 comments:

I've got the longer version of the Flip book too, John, and I seem to recollect mine hasn't been crayoned in much. Maybe I can provide some more "missing" images.Until today, I didn't realize there was more than one edition of the book, but the presence of "Your Movie Star" text on the cover clinches it!

I've got both editions on my blog ComiCrazys.wordpress.com Unfortunately, the larger edition has a lot of coloring done, so I only posted the printed color versions and whatever wasn't crayon'd. Love your blog.

"During the span of years from 1914, I have made efforts to retain the "cartoony" effect. That is, I did not welcome the trend of the industry to go "arty". It was, and still is, my opinion that a cartoon should represent, in simple form, the cartoonist's mental expression. In other words the "animated oil painting" has taken the place of the flashiness and delightfulness of the simple cartoon.

In my opinion, the industry must pull back. Pull away from the tendencies toward realism. It must stay in it's own backyard of "The Cartoonist's Cartoon." The cartoon must be a portrayal of the expression of the true cartoonist, in simple, unhampered cartoon style. The true cartoon is a great art in it's own right. It does not need the assistance or support of "Artiness." In fact, it is actually hampered by it." - Max Fleischer